Vincent Price - Quiz
Vincent Price
  • 1. What subject did Vincent Price study at Yale?
A) Culinary arts
B) Political science
C) Drama
D) Art history
  • 2. Which board was Vincent Price a commissioner of?
A) Fine Arts Commission
B) Indian Arts and Crafts Board
C) National Museum Council
D) American Culinary Society
  • 3. In what year were pieces donated to establish the Vincent Price Art Museum?
A) 1982
B) 1971
C) 1962
D) 1957
  • 4. Where is the Vincent Price Art Museum located?
A) Yale University
B) East Los Angeles College
C) The White House
D) University of California
  • 5. Approximately how many pieces of art did the Prices ultimately donate to the museum?
A) 9,000
B) 5,000
C) 50,000
D) 2,000
  • 6. For which company did Vincent Price work as an art consultant?
A) Calla Editions
B) Sears, Roebuck and Co.
C) Thames Television
D) Heirloom Publishing Company
  • 7. Which artist was included in the Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Claude Monet
D) Leonardo da Vinci
  • 8. Who painted the Native American portraits secured for the White House restoration?
A) Rembrandt
B) Charles Bird King
C) Grace Cossington Smith
D) Salvador Dalí
  • 9. Which artist painted the piece from Price's collection sold in Dallas for $45,000?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Rembrandt
C) Grace Cossington Smith
D) Charles Bird King
  • 10. What was the name of Price's 1965 cookbook?
A) International Cooking Course
B) The Bard's Board
C) Cooking Price-Wise
D) A Treasury of Great Recipes
  • 11. Which company published the five-volume 'National Treasury of Cookery' series?
A) Dover Publishing
B) Heirloom Publishing Company
C) Nelson Industries
D) Calla Editions
  • 12. Who wrote the forewords for the 2015 and 2016 reprints of Price's cookbooks?
A) Victoria Price
B) Mary Price
C) Jane Russell
D) Johnny Carson
  • 13. What animal was Vincent Price holding during a scene in the movie His Kind of Woman?
A) A fish
B) A chicken
C) A turkey
D) A duck
  • 14. On what television network was 'Cooking Price-Wise' broadcast in 1971?
A) NBC
B) BBC
C) CBS
D) ITV
  • 15. What unusual cooking method did Price demonstrate on The Tonight Show in 1975?
A) Roasting a duck in a fireplace
B) Baking bread in a kiln
C) Steaming vegetables in a coffee maker
D) Poaching a fish in a dishwasher
  • 16. What was the title of the audio wine course recorded by Vincent Price?
A) Wine Is Elegance
B) A Taste of China
C) The Wok
D) Bounty of Paradise
  • 17. In what year were Price's audio cooking tutorials released on LPs by Nelson Industries?
A) 1982
B) 1965
C) 1971
D) 1977
  • 18. Which television show did Price co-host in August 1982?
A) Cooking Price-Wise
B) A Taste of China
C) International Cooking Course
D) The Tonight Show
  • 19. Which chef did Vincent Price prepare a fish recipe with on a 1987 VHS tape?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Johnny Carson
C) Charles Bird King
D) Wolfgang Puck
  • 20. What was the estimated valuation of the Vincent Price Art Museum collection mentioned in the text?
A) In excess of $5 million
B) AU$45,000
C) $1 million
D) $25
  • 21. In what city was The Hilarious House of Frightenstein filmed?
A) New York City
B) London
C) Richmond
D) Hamilton
  • 22. Which 1971 film featured Vincent Price as Dr. Phibes?
A) Mooch Goes to Hollywood
B) Theatre of Blood
C) Dr. Phibes Rises Again
D) The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  • 23. Who wrote the film Mooch Goes to Hollywood, in which Price appeared as himself?
A) John Gay
B) Joe Hardy
C) Bobby Boris Pickett
D) Jim Backus
  • 24. In 1975, at which museum did Price have his picture taken with a stuffed raven?
A) Edgar Allan Poe Museum
B) Tabor Opera House
C) Queen's Theatre
D) CHCH-TV Studios
  • 25. With which actor were Price's readings of Poe's works collected?
A) Jim Backus
B) Alice Cooper
C) Basil Rathbone
D) Bobby Boris Pickett
  • 26. In 1975, Price appeared on stage with his wife, Coral Browne, in which play?
A) The Price of Fear
B) Night of the Wolf
C) Ardèle
D) Diversions and Delights
  • 27. Which product did Price advertise as his film work decreased in the mid-1970s?
A) Welcome to My Nightmare album
B) Sears Radio Theater
C) Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture
D) The Monster Mash record
  • 28. For which Alice Cooper song did Price provide a monologue?
A) The Black Widow
B) Welcome to My Nightmare
C) Night of the Wolf
D) The Monster Mash
  • 29. In a 1972 episode of The Brady Bunch, what character did Vincent Price play?
A) A Parisian theater director
B) Himself
C) A horror show host
D) A deranged archaeologist
  • 30. What role did Price perform in the one-man stage play Diversions and Delights?
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) A deranged archaeologist
D) Dr. Phibes
  • 31. Who wrote the play Diversions and Delights?
A) Jim Backus
B) Bobby Boris Pickett
C) Joe Hardy
D) John Gay
  • 32. In the summer of 1979, where did Price perform the role of Oscar Wilde?
A) Queen's Theatre
B) CHCH-TV
C) Tabor Opera House
D) Parisian theater
  • 33. What 1979 CBS series featured Price starring alongside his wife?
A) Sears Radio Theater
B) Time Express
C) America Screams
D) The Price of Fear
  • 34. Which radio character did Vincent Price portray between 1947 and 1951?
A) Fredrick Loren
B) Dr. Warren Chapin
C) Simon Templar
D) Matthew Hopkins
  • 35. In The Fly (1958), what genre of film was it?
A) Comedy
B) Monster movie
C) Historical drama
D) Musical
  • 36. Who produced and directed the 1959 thrillers House on Haunted Hill and The Tingler?
A) Richard Matheson
B) Alfred W. Price
C) Roger Corman
D) William Castle
  • 37. In the radio drama Three Skeleton Key, what were the inhabitants of the lighthouse besieged by?
A) Witches
B) Dolls
C) Flies
D) Rats
  • 38. Which historical epic film featured Vincent Price as the character Baka?
A) The Ten Commandments
B) The Raven
C) House of Usher
D) Witchfinder General
  • 39. In the 1955 episode of Crossroads titled "Cleanup", who did Price portray?
A) Fredrick Loren
B) Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas
C) Reverend Robert Russell
D) Rev. Alfred W. Price
  • 40. Which production company did Vincent Price work with for many low-budget successes in the 1960s?
A) Crossroads Productions
B) Tombstone Historama
C) American International Pictures
D) General Electric
  • 41. What 1964 film was the first adaptation of the novel I Am Legend?
A) The Last Man on Earth
B) House of 1,000 Dolls
C) The Comedy of Terrors
D) Tales of Terror
  • 42. In the film Witchfinder General, which character did Price portray?
A) Felix Manderville
B) Dr. Goldfoot
C) Matthew Hopkins
D) Egghead
  • 43. What was the name of the villain Price played on the Batman TV series?
A) Baka
B) Matthew Hopkins
C) Dr. Goldfoot
D) Egghead
  • 44. Which game show did Price appear on as a semi-regular guest?
A) Hollywood Squares
B) General Electric Theater
C) Science Fiction Theatre
D) Playhouse 90
  • 45. In 1964, what tourist attraction did Vincent Price provide narration for?
A) If These Walls Could Speak
B) Tombstone Historama
C) The Raven narration
D) Three Skeleton Key
  • 46. What was the profession of the character Fredrick Loren in House on Haunted Hill?
A) Witch hunter
B) Sculptor
C) Reverend
D) Eccentric millionaire
  • 47. Which of these films was titled The Conqueror Worm in the US?
A) The Tomb of Ligeia
B) House of Usher
C) The Raven
D) Witchfinder General
  • 48. In which television series did Price have a recurring role as a villain?
A) Daniel Boone
B) F Troop
C) Batman
D) Get Smart
  • 49. What was Vincent Price's film debut?
A) Laura
B) The Baron of Arizona
C) Service de Luxe
D) Tower of London
  • 50. Which film directed by Otto Preminger helped establish Vincent Price's career?
A) Wilson
B) Laura
C) The Web
D) Dragonwyck
  • 51. In the film The Song of Bernadette, what was the role of Vincent Price's character, Vital Dutour?
A) A con man
B) A tycoon
C) A priest
D) Bernadette's prosecutor
  • 52. Vincent Price reunited with which actress in Leave Her to Heaven and Dragonwyck?
A) Gene Tierney
B) None of the above
C) Ava Gardner
D) Bernadette
  • 53. Which of these films is mentioned as one of Vincent Price's favorite film roles?
A) The Long Night
B) Rogues' Regiment
C) Champagne for Caesar
D) The Bribe
  • 54. Which actor co-starred with Vincent Price in Champagne for Caesar?
A) Robert Taylor
B) Ronald Colman
C) Charles Laughton
D) Boris Karloff
  • 55. What profession did Vincent Price portray in The Keys of the Kingdom?
A) A con man
B) A prosecutor
C) A pretentious priest
D) A tycoon
  • 56. Which film noir thriller featured Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, and Charles Laughton alongside Vincent Price?
A) The Bribe
B) The Long Night
C) Rogues' Regiment
D) The Web
  • 57. What was Vincent Price's middle name?
A) William
B) Leonard
C) Edward
D) Clarence
  • 58. In which city was Vincent Price born?
A) London
B) St. Louis
C) New York City
D) Provincetown
  • 59. Vincent Price was a descendant of which Mayflower passenger?
A) William Bradford
B) John Alden
C) Myles Standish
D) Peregrine White
  • 60. From which university did Vincent Price graduate in 1933?
A) Princeton University
B) Harvard University
C) Courtauld Institute of Art
D) Yale University
  • 61. Which campus magazine did Price work on at Yale?
A) The Yale Record
B) The Yale Review
C) The Yale Literary Magazine
D) The Yale Daily News
  • 62. In what year did Price first appear on stage professionally?
A) 1933
B) 1938
C) 1935
D) 1941
  • 63. What was the name of the play in which Price made his professional stage debut?
A) Angel Street
B) Victoria Regina
C) Chicago
D) Heartbreak House
  • 64. Which role did Price introduce in Laurence Housman's Victoria Regina?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Prince Albert
C) Mr. Manningham
D) The Shoemaker
  • 65. Who played the title role of Queen Victoria opposite Price in the Broadway production?
A) Laurence Housman
B) Orson Welles
C) Marguerite Cobb
D) Helen Hayes
  • 66. In 1938, with which theatre company did Price appear?
A) Gate Theatre
B) Mercury Theatre
C) National Candy Theatre
D) Broadhurst Theatre
  • 67. Which character did Price play in the Broadway production of Angel Street?
A) Prince Albert
B) Heartbreak
C) Mr. Manningham
D) The Shoemaker
  • 68. What was Vincent Price's birth date?
A) June 15, 1911
B) May 27, 1911
C) October 25, 1993
D) May 27, 1920
  • 69. In what film genre was Vincent Price best known?
A) Horror
B) Musical
C) Western
D) Science Fiction
  • 70. Who did Vincent Price voice in the Disney film The Great Mouse Detective?
A) Basil
B) Fidget
C) Professor Ratigan
D) Dawson
  • 71. For which song did Vincent Price provide the narration?
A) Thriller
B) Bad
C) Billie Jean
D) Beat It
  • 72. What was Vincent Price's final film role?
A) Professor Ratigan
B) ZigZag
C) Dr. Phibes
D) Egghead
  • 73. Vincent Price collaborated with which director on several Edgar Allan Poe adaptations?
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Roger Corman
C) Tim Burton
D) John Carpenter
  • 74. What award was Vincent Price nominated for regarding his work in Great American Speeches?
A) Tony Award
B) Grammy Award
C) Emmy Award
D) Academy Award
  • 75. Apart from acting, what was another hobby or profession of Vincent Price?
A) Politician
B) Professional athlete
C) Gourmet cook
D) Architect
  • 76. In which decade did Vincent Price appear in House of Usher?
A) 1960s
B) 1940s
C) 1950s
D) 1970s
  • 77. Which 1982 short film featured Vincent Price providing the narrator's voice?
A) Thriller
B) Ruddigore
C) Vincent
D) The Great Mouse Detective
  • 78. What role did Price play in the television production of Ruddigore?
A) The Sinister Man
B) Robin Oakapple
C) Professor Ratigan
D) Sir Despard Murgatroyd
  • 79. Who played Robin Oakapple in the television production of Ruddigore?
A) John Carradine
B) Keith Michell
C) Christopher Lee
D) Peter Cushing
  • 80. Which actor did NOT appear with Vincent Price in House of the Long Shadows?
A) John Carradine
B) Christopher Lee
C) Bette Davis
D) Peter Cushing
  • 81. What PBS series did Vincent Price host from 1981 to 1989?
A) Faerie Tale Theatre
B) Mystery!
C) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
D) History of Roller Coasters
  • 82. What character did Price play in the series The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo?
A) Vincent Van Ghoul
B) The Sinister Man
C) The Phantom
D) The Mirror
  • 83. Which product did Vincent Price promote in commercials between 1985 and 1989?
A) Scooby Snacks
B) Disneyland tickets
C) Tilex
D) Mystery! books
  • 84. In Faerie Tale Theatre, what role did Price play in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'?
A) The Phantom
B) The Mirror
C) The Sinister Man
D) The Inventor
  • 85. What was the role of Vincent Price in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands?
A) The mirror
B) The inventor
C) The phantom
D) The sinister man
  • 86. Which attraction at Disneyland Paris featured Vincent Price's narration?
A) The Great Mouse Detective ride
B) Phantom Manor
C) House of the Long Shadows
D) Faerie Tale Theatre
  • 87. Who provided the French narration for the Phantom Manor attraction after 1992?
A) Gérard Chevalier
B) Keith Michell
C) Tim Burton
D) Bernard Alane
  • 88. Who is the voice of the Phantom in the French version of the current Phantom Manor attraction?
A) Tim Burton
B) Bernard Alane
C) Vincent Price
D) Gérard Chevalier
  • 89. What remained of Vincent Price's original narration in Phantom Manor between 1992 and 2019?
A) His singing
B) His introduction
C) His dialogue
D) His laughter
  • 90. How many times was Vincent Price married?
A) Three
B) One
C) Two
D) Four
  • 91. Who was Vincent Price's first wife?
A) Mary Grant
B) Anita Bryant
C) Edith Barrett
D) Coral Browne
  • 92. Who was the actress that appeared in Theatre of Blood and later married Price?
A) Coral Browne
B) Edith Barrett
C) Dorothy Parker
D) Mary Grant
  • 93. Which political ideology did Price adopt after meeting New York intellectuals in the 1930s?
A) Liberalism
B) Conservatism
C) Fascism
D) Libertarianism
  • 94. During which decade was Price 'greylisted' due to McCarthyism?
A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1970s
  • 95. Which US president's death caused Price to fall off his sofa sobbing?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Harry Truman
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 96. On which radio program did Price denounce racial and religious prejudice in 1950?
A) The Song of Bernadette
B) The Ten Commandments
C) Theatre of Blood
D) The Saint
  • 97. What organization did Price join as an honorary board member to support his daughter?
A) PFLAG
B) The NAACP
C) The ACLU
D) The Red Cross
  • 98. Which public figure's anti-gay rights campaign was Price critical of?
A) Dorothy Parker
B) Lillian Hellman
C) Anita Bryant
D) Coral Browne
  • 99. What was the religious denomination of Vincent Price by birth?
A) Baptist
B) Catholic
C) Jewish
D) Episcopalian
  • 100. In what year did Vincent Price die?
A) 1993
B) 1999
C) 1991
D) 1987
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